Pec: Rozhledna Čerchov - Kurz tower
Čerchov sits in the Český les mountain range in Czechia, where a forested ridge rises close to the German border above the Chodsko region. At 1,042 metres, it is the highest summit of the range and a long-established destination for walks from the villages around Pec. The 25-metre Kurz Tower, opened in 1905 by the Domažlice branch of the Czech Tourist Club, stands on its summit and is also known as Rozhledna Čerchov. The peak’s upper slopes were part of a restricted military area during the Cold War, a past recalled by former military installations nearby. Čerchov lies within the Český les Protected Landscape Area, whose extensive woods shape this quieter upland borderland of western Bohemia.
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Tucked into the forested foothills of the Český les near Czechia’s border with Germany, Pec is a place whose character is shaped by the quiet upland terrain of western Bohemia. The village lies in the Domažlice district, part of the historic Chodsko region, where local identity is closely associated with folk dress, bagpipe music and the annual Chodské slavnosti in nearby Domažlice. Čerchov, the highest summit of the Český les, rises in the same borderland range and gives the area its wooded profile. Small settlements, local roads and the long-standing Czech–German frontier provide the setting rather than major urban monuments. Browse other webcams across the Plzeň Region to place this setting in a wider geographic context.
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